i thought what i'd bring this morning, joe, there were differences in style last night, two different economic programs on display, two different sets of facts about the past, i thought that was interesting and also on display, though, which was more interesting, two different philosophies about government. let's listen to republican candidate mitt romney on what he believes that role should be. >> look, the right course for america's government, we were talking about the role of government is not to become the economic player picking winners and losers, telling people who kind of health treatment they can receive, taking over the health care system that has existed in this country for a long, long time and has produced the best health records in the world. the right answer for government is to say how do we make the private sector become more efficient and more effective. >> so president obama responded with a more activist philosophy of government. >> government has the capacity, the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity an